A Scottish dermatologist with 30 years of experien...  ...years of experience reveals a list of things that skin doctors would like the public to know. They take...  ...op their pants in front of us to show us a "weird skin thing". Please don't, especially when we're not w...  ...ious medical conditions and perf...

(Unrelated photo by Hey Paul Studios)Some men esch...  ...tic barrier reduces the sensitivity of the penile skin . Dr. Shengxi Chen, a biochemist at Arizona State...  ...His condom mimics the reaction of water to human skin . USA Today explains:Most condoms repel water. Tha...  ...condoms repel water. That's the...

(Photo: David Shankbone)Wait, wait--don't close yo...  ...e to own a handbag made from Kim Kardashian's own skin --all without harming Kardashian herself.It's feas...  ...ng Kardashian herself.It's feasible to grow human skin in laboratory settings. In fact, the cosmetics br...  ...L'Oreal already produces 54 sq...

You know what gives away CGI every time? I...  ...You know what gives away CGI every time? It's the skin . Computer-generated human skin is almost always too smooth and too plastic-y. Ev...  ...like they're wax models. That close-but-no-cigar skin puts CGI faces right sma...

The thinnest skin is found on your eyelids. It's a mere 0.0...  ...h of an inch) thick there. The thickest skin ? That's found on the sole of your foot. It's 4 mm...  ...s between the thinnest and the thickest skin in different parts of your body....

Gruesome and awesome. Those are probably t...  ...most people's mind when they saw the 'Slice' skin cake, made by Edinburgh, UK, cake desig...

Did you get a sunburn this summe...  ...dness you got is actually RNA damage to skin cells. Using both human skin cells and a mouse model, Gallo, first author...

This man spent 28 years driving a truck, thus...  ...arter offers this prudent advice: Protect your skin by doing what I do: Stay inside and let the only...

Researchers at the Hannover Medical School in Germ...  ...dical School in Germany have developed artificial skin made from spider silk. When formed into a fine me...  ...e human body: The researchers found that human skin cells placed on these meshes could flourish, give...  ...and air. They were able to cult...

Everyone knows that if you swim or soak in a tub f...  ...f you swim or soak in a tub for a long time, your skin turn all pruny but have you ever considered how t...  ...rn all pruny but have you ever considered how the skin doesn't simply dissolve? It's all in the keratin:...  ...in:After a period in water the...